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Guilligomarc'h

Summary

Guilligomarc'h (Breton: Gwelegouarc'h) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Guilligomarc'h
Gwelegouarc'h
Commune
The chapel of Saint-Eloi, in Guilligomarc'h
The chapel of Saint-Eloi, in Guilligomarc'h
Location of Guilligomarc'h
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Guilligomarc'h
Guilligomarc'h
Guilligomarc'h is located in Brittany
Guilligomarc'h
Guilligomarc'h
Coordinates: 47°56′13″N 3°24′52″W / 47.9369°N 3.4144°W / 47.9369; -3.4144
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonQuimperlé
IntercommunalityCA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Follic[1]
Area
1
22.75 km2 (8.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
797
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29071 /29300
Elevation22–148 m (72–486 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population edit

Inhabitants of Guilligomarc'h are called in French Guillogomarc'hois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,000—    
1800 1,050+0.70%
1806 957−1.53%
1821 936−0.15%
1831 1,005+0.71%
1836 1,056+0.99%
1841 1,038−0.34%
1846 1,141+1.91%
1851 1,053−1.59%
1856 1,070+0.32%
1861 1,111+0.75%
1866 1,113+0.04%
1872 1,011−1.59%
1876 1,056+1.09%
1881 1,064+0.15%
1886 1,125+1.12%
1891 1,206+1.40%
1896 1,210+0.07%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,257+0.77%
1906 1,228−0.47%
1911 1,276+0.77%
1921 1,284+0.06%
1926 1,275−0.14%
1931 1,172−1.67%
1936 1,142−0.52%
1946 1,250+0.91%
1954 924−3.71%
1962 936+0.16%
1968 666−5.51%
1975 560−2.45%
1982 569+0.23%
1990 520−1.12%
1999 573+1.08%
2009 694+1.93%
2014 749+1.54%
2020 790+0.89%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4]

Geography edit

Guilligomarc'h is located in southeastern part of Finistère department, 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of Quimperlé and 21 km (13 mi) north of Lorient. Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais. The river Ellé forms the commune's western border and the river Scorff its eastern border. Apart from the village centre, there are about seventy hamlets.

Neighboring communes edit

Map edit

 
Topographic map.

List of hamlets edit

  • Beg-ar-Lann
  • Bel Air
  • Bois de Kerlégan, le
  • Boissière, la
  • Bontul
  • Botaval
  • Botfao
  • Bouyounou
  • Castel Paris
  • Château du Sachz
  • Châtré, le
  • Clairière, la
  • Clos Val
  • Coadigou
  • Coat ar Hourc'h
  • Coat Kerloas
  • Commananchou
  • Crélo
  • Guerlé
  • Guiscaër
  • Kerdhervé
  • Kerforn
  • Kergadiou
  • Kergroes
  • Kerguillerm
  • Kerhoën
  • Kerhulvé
  • Keriel
  • Keriot
  • Kerioualo
  • Keriouarc'h
  • Kerjean
  • Kerlégan
  • Kerloas
  • Kerloquet
  • Kermai
  • Kermentec
  • Kernouarn
  • Kerouannec
  • Kerroc'h
  • Kervichel
  • Kervinel
  • Kervöen
  • Kervran
  • Lann-er-Groëz
  • Lann-Vihann-Keriot
  • Ménégall
  • Ménéguillou
  • Moulin de Kerloas
  • Moulin de Kerlégan
  • Moulin du Stang
  • Muriou
  • Nilizic
  • Pen Prat
  • Petit Sachz, le
  • Pont Neuf, le
  • Porzou
  • Poulbet
  • Poul-Ronjou
  • Ronce, le
  • Saint-Coal
  • Saint-Éloi
  • Stang-ar-Bider
  • Stang-ar-Pont
  • Stang-Mene-Moal
  • Stanvi
  • Toul-Tossec
  • Traoulé
  • Ty-Carre
  • Ty-Glaz
  • Ty-Meur
  • Ty-Nevez-Kerguillerm
  • Ty-Nevez-Keriot

History edit

The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1624.

Gallery edit

  •  
    The town hall.
  •  
    Sach castle.
  •  
    Saint Eloi's chapel.
  •  
    Saint Julien's chapel.
  •  
    Thatched roof cottage in Saint-Eloi hamlet.
  •  
    Old house in Saint Coal hamlet.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guilligomarc'h, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guilligomarc'h.
  • Official website (in French)
  • Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  • Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)